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Giappone
Government takes aim at Japan firms’ tax paperwork burden
A government panel has started discussions on ways to reduce the clerical workload of private companies responsible for reporting residential tax information. The regulatory reform panel, led by Hiroko Ota, a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, is discussing a system in which municipal governments would directly ...
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Giappone
Maverick Beji Sasaki picks a fight with Fujitsu to push takeovers, turnarounds of undervalued firm
Beji Sasaki, a maverick businessman who first challenged Tokyo’s status quo four decades ago, says his bidding war with the $13 billion computer giant Fujitsu Ltd. is just the start of his plan to use takeovers to change Japan Inc. Sasaki, a 61-year-old entrepreneur, fashion designer and supermarathon runner, says ...
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USA Giappone
Deputy foreign minister named as Japan’s chief TPP negotiator
The government announced Tuesday that it has appointed a deputy foreign minister as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with an eye to bringing the deal into force without the United States. Keiichi Katakami takes up the post while still holding his deputy ministerial role. The post ...
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Cina Giappone
Mellower Trump trade tone eases onus on China to fill U.S. void
The softening of President Donald Trump’s protectionist economic agenda has eased fears of a global trade war. It also spares China from having to assert itself as defender of the existing global economic order or being forced to take the lead in forging a new one. An improving growth outlook ...
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Giappone
Nikon sues ASML, Zeiss for using chipmaking know-how
Nikon Corp. says it has taken legal action in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan over use of its semiconductor making technology by ASML Holding N.V. and Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH. Nikon said in a statement issued Monday that it is seeking to stop ASML and its supplier Zeiss from using ...
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USA
USA, in salita l'indice FHFA sui prezzi delle case
(Teleborsa) - In salita il tasso dei prezzi delle case in USA. Nel mese di febbraio, l'indice FHFA, elaborato dalla Federal Housing Finance Agency, che misura appunto i prezzi delle abitazioni...
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USA
Stati Uniti, a marzo balzano le vendite di nuove case
(Teleborsa) - Balzo della vendita di abitazioni negli Stati Uniti nel mese di marzo. Il dato ha evidenziato un aumento del 5,8% a 621 mila unità dal +0,3% rivisto di febbraio (dato preliminare...
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USA
USA: ad aprile peggiora l'indice FED Richmond
(Teleborsa) - In calo l'indice Fed di Richmond sul settore manifatturiero che, tuttavia, ha superato le attese del mercato. Nel mese di aprile l'indicatore che sintetizza lo stato dell'attività...
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Mozambico
Gás de Moçambique no topo dos investimentos dos EUA em África
Lançamento de novos projetos de gás natural em Moçambique vão tornar o país no principal destino dos investimentos norte-americanos em África. Com epicentro na bacia do Rovuma.
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Regno Unito
Failing Gaza: undrinkable water, no access to toilets and little hope
Source: Oxfam Country: occupied Palestinian territoryLess than four percent of fresh water is drinkable and the surrounding sea is polluted by sewage. The international community is failing to do enough to protect the health and dignity of almost 2 million people, says Oxfam.Palestinians in Gaza remember a time when almost everyone ...